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but the defense department wants to open it up to competition. spacex which already has a $1.6 billion contract to make a dozen robotic supply runs to the nasa space station, they want to compete in the major satellite launch program. musk says spacex can save taxpayers money and does not need big government subsidies. >> according to congressional records in fy-13 the air force paid an average of $380 million for each -- spacex's price is well under $100 million. meaning a savings of almost $300 million per launch. >> now, also on today's panel an official from the government watchdog agency the general accountability office but what we're really getting is a preview of what is shaping up to be a pretty big battle for the next major contract regarding satellite launch program. pretty interesting here. sara, back to you. >> an interesting to see him on the hill. thanks very much for the update hampton. >>> well since leaving the federal reserve ben bernanke turns out has been doing a little bit of traveling and picking up a nice paycheck as well.
but the defense department wants to open it up to competition. spacex which already has a $1.6 billion contract to make a dozen robotic supply runs to the nasa space station, they want to compete in the major satellite launch program. musk says spacex can save taxpayers money and does not need big government subsidies. >> according to congressional records in fy-13 the air force paid an average of $380 million for each -- spacex's price is well under $100 million. meaning a savings of...
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cyclical versus defensive names. broad rally overall. look at the vix. the volatility index spiked up. not a big move but moved right back down to where it was in the prior days. historic highs across the board. on the mid cap, and the russell 2000. when the market moves this quickly and hits new highs quickly, traders are forced to move in. i want to ipoint out we've had activity in the russell 2000 etf, those people getting back in a big way. back to you. >> thanks for that, bob. always watching what's going on on the floor. >>> meantime, rick santelli in chicago. rick? >> thank you. i'd like to welcome our guest, former senator alan simpson. thank you for taking the time on the phone today, sir. >> yes, indeed. you've got a busy day out there with ukraine and everything else. but here i am in the whiles of wyoming, 40 degrees and lovely. >> well, let's get hit with the first topic. we're going to see the president's budget today. many are saying it's the end of austerity. do you think that we've come far since simpson-bowles, implemented policies that
cyclical versus defensive names. broad rally overall. look at the vix. the volatility index spiked up. not a big move but moved right back down to where it was in the prior days. historic highs across the board. on the mid cap, and the russell 2000. when the market moves this quickly and hits new highs quickly, traders are forced to move in. i want to ipoint out we've had activity in the russell 2000 etf, those people getting back in a big way. back to you. >> thanks for that, bob. always...
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andresen's response and defense of his own actions on his website. in fact, i tweeted that out. apologies came out if it was looking like me. his website and his defense that i wanted to get out to people because it is the first time we've heard from mr. andresen. this morning the new icahn letter to ebay stock holder doesn't say much about paypal. it's wanting to know the truth about what happened with skype, raising questions about what ebay directors new about microsoft's interest in skype. 18 months later the investment group that purchased skype from eb ebay, but ebay helped 30% of the company and managed it from a higher price when it was sold to microsoft, about $8.5 billion. did mark andresen know at the time the group was purchasing a controlling interest from ebay that microsoft was interested. did he enter into a confidentiality agreement that prevented sharing information. a lot of questions continue. want to get to the broader issue in a minute. a manresponse from ebay and mr. andresen himself. he says, for example, ebay's retained ownership in the skype spin-off 30
andresen's response and defense of his own actions on his website. in fact, i tweeted that out. apologies came out if it was looking like me. his website and his defense that i wanted to get out to people because it is the first time we've heard from mr. andresen. this morning the new icahn letter to ebay stock holder doesn't say much about paypal. it's wanting to know the truth about what happened with skype, raising questions about what ebay directors new about microsoft's interest in skype....
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you can no longer rely on perimeter the defenses anymore. and you have to assume that you have been macked and you have to have the technologies to go in to analyze all of the data and look for the outliers and the statistical anomalies and the unusual pattern. it is a 24 by 7 issue to try to defend yourself against cyberterrorism. i think that the agencies are just doing everything that they can to analyze the data to make sure they are looking for the outlier pattern. i don't think that they are doing the level of intrusion on the day-to-day citizen that the press would appear. but they are certainly looking for the outlier patterns that say, this is something that needs to be watched. so, you know, we at splunk, we don't condone spying or any type of internal intrusion just like you wouldn't, but i think that it is the new reality that you have to be able to analyze the data and a lot of it in order to find that needle in the haystack and looking to the unusual thing. it is a careful balance, but i tell our daughters and we tell them just
you can no longer rely on perimeter the defenses anymore. and you have to assume that you have been macked and you have to have the technologies to go in to analyze all of the data and look for the outliers and the statistical anomalies and the unusual pattern. it is a 24 by 7 issue to try to defend yourself against cyberterrorism. i think that the agencies are just doing everything that they can to analyze the data to make sure they are looking for the outlier pattern. i don't think that they...
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to me, they should be the first line of defense. but i don't rule out monetary policy. >> if i could, thank you very much for that detailed response. we were just in london meeting with regulators there. i know there's a large concern about balkanization of our markets. and i know there was some discussion about trying to discussion that with the eu/us trade agreement. i know they're not interested in that but i want to raise that issue because it does need to be addressed and i think the fed will take a major lead in that. the final point, in orderly liquidation that we're entitled to was put together and i think a lot of us worked on together and i'm proud of that title ii and it's not exactly the way any of us would like for it to be. but one of the things, even though it was orderly liquidation, i think the fede l federal -- fdic realized when they went through the process, these entities are so intertwined, there's really not a way to orderly liquidate. so instead they're coming in through single entry to the holding company. o
to me, they should be the first line of defense. but i don't rule out monetary policy. >> if i could, thank you very much for that detailed response. we were just in london meeting with regulators there. i know there's a large concern about balkanization of our markets. and i know there was some discussion about trying to discussion that with the eu/us trade agreement. i know they're not interested in that but i want to raise that issue because it does need to be addressed and i think the...